RAJ KUMAR
Ranchi, April 28: Representatives of all sections of society, caste, creed and religion today assembled at Ranchi Press Club to unanimously oppose the votaries of the same sex marriage in India.
Homosexuality was a crime till 2018 when the apex court legalized it under section 377 of IPC.
According to them, the move is the last attack of western civilization in India paving the path to destroy Indian culture, tradition, values and family system.
Senior Chartered Accountant of Jharkhand and Secretary of Chinmaya Ashram Trust, Ranchi, Vinod Kumar Gadhayan said that there is full respect for the court and the judges in any matter, but despite the matter being under consideration of the Supreme Court, it can definitely be said that marriage pattern that the petitioners want to fabricate can neither be called reasonable from natural point of view nor practically.
“The idea and effort to enact a law to recognize same-sex marriage is against the age-old Indian marriage system, family system and values of Indian culture and rituals. It should be opposed at every level. It is known that apart from giving legal recognition to same-sex marriage, hearing is going on in the Supreme Court on the petition filed for the demand of provision of being called spouse instead of gender indicative word husband-wife. It is being said on behalf of the petitioner that if they go to any public place, it should be declared a marriage to save them from stigma. It has also been requested to use the word person in place of male and female,” he said.
National President of the National Forum for Weaker Sections of the Society, Dr. Sahdev Ram, said: “There is an independent judiciary in the country, so it has the right to review any social practice or trend considered good or bad. But since there will be a need to make a law on this subject, it should be left to the Parliament to deal with it and then it is unfair to impose the will of a few people on the whole society in a country full of diversities. For this it is necessary to take their opinion from all the states.”
Former president of Guru Nanak Social Management Society Major Gurudayal Singh Saluja said that there were movements across the country to legalize gay sex, in which many well-known personalities were also involved. But, he said, the reality is that even though since then many gay couples have started living together as husband and wife, even today there is no good perception towards homosexuality in the society and it should not be there either.
A member of Digambar Jain Panchayat Raj Kumar Rampuria, said that many men and women in live-in relationship also give birth to children without getting married. “After their separation, discussions have also started regarding the division of property and the social status of the children. Many widowed women and widower men in the cities have started spending the rest of their lives living in live-in due to loneliness. In some cases, even the children persuaded their widowed mother to live with a widower. This is a kind of compromise, to remove loneliness. But even if the same-sex marriage couple make up for the lack of a child by adoption, then that child will either not get the happiness of the mother or the shadow of the father. Now-a-days there is a trend among women belonging to the elite class to give birth to children through surrogacy. In some unmarried celebrities, the formalities of becoming a mother or father are completed in the same way. But apart from this, the social system in Indian culture, which is based on the system called family, will not be able to survive through live-in or same-sex marriage,” he said.
President of Shwetambar Jain Terapanthi Sabha, Amarchand Begani, said that due to the legal recognition of same sex marriage, the tragedy of social disintegration will join us and will continue to grow, through which the countries of the West are passing through today, who used to consider themselves modern.
“Work of the Supreme Court is to protect human and fundamental rights as well as to maintain the social fabric. Tomorrow some people will stand up asking for permission to have physical relations with animals, which has been seen in many cases in foreign countries, will they also be heard? After the 2018 verdict, it is not legally possible to stop a same-sex couples living together if they have consensual sex. But he wants society to give respect to this lifestyle of his, this thing seems futile. We will have to wait to see what the Supreme Court decides and what the role of the government is after that,” he said.
Advocate Neha Singh, who practiced for many years in the Delhi High Court, initially discussed the legal and statutory provisions related to marriage and said that same-sex marriage must be opposed! Gay marriage cannot be justified in the country!
Those present during the meeting included president of Adivasi Kalyan Mission Ashram Sitaram Bhagat, Former executive member of Jharkhand Central Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Sardar Kulwant Singh, Shwetambar Terapanth Jain Sabha secretary Vimal Jain Dassani, Head of Pithoria Brahmakumari Ishwariya Vishwavidyalaya Rajmati Didi, Lohardaga Masmano Ashram chief Swami Krishna Chaitanya Brahmachari and Ranchi University official Abdul Barik Siddiqui, developmental professional Arpita Sutradhar, Shahrkaji and Karbala Chowk Masjid chief Mohd. Shafiq Alayavi, social worker Pankaj Vatsal, and Swami Divya Gyan.